From the zoological point of view of crabs - crabs are the same, only the short-tailed.Their small head hidden in a special recess at the edge of the carapace.The shape of your body all the crabs are very different from the rest of their relatives crustaceans.The fact that adults abdomen shortened and bent down, and if you look at the top is the creation, we can only observe its round cephalothorax.As with all the other representatives of the world fauna of these entities has its own hierarchy, led by the so-called king crab.
King crabs among
second title of king crab - Kamchatka.This is one of the largest crustaceans animals that inhabit the waters of the Far East.Tasty, tender and nutritious meat made of king crab fishery subject to ongoing, including illegal.The story of this creature in the waters of the Russian Federation is quite simple: in the middle of the last century, this type of crustaceans was intentionally introduced into the Barents Sea.
crab - a massive and powerful crustacean animal.Often the width of its carapace reaches 26 cm, while the animals that inhabit the Gulf of Alaska, even 29 cm!The extent of walking limbs that create a range of 1 to 1.5 meters, and weight - up to 7 kg.Crab claws are located on the first pair of walking legs, and the right claw a little longer and stronger left.It is needed for animal breaking the shells of mussels, for the destruction of the shells of sea urchins, and so on. D. The left claw he needed for grinding food.By the way, the crab feeds exclusively with his left claw.
inhabited king crab?
Habitat that there is a very large and diverse.Kamchatka crab can be found in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea of Japan.Scientists observing the vital functions of these crustaceans animals came to the conclusion that their greatest concentration is focused on the western coast of Kamchatka.It is there from year to year there is the main crabbing.
Reproduction crabs
King Crab (photos presented in the article), reaches sexual maturity in the age of 8-10 years, unless, of course, it is a male.Females become sexually mature earlier.These creatures can be called real travelers: every year they repeat the same seasonal route.They while away the winter cold under water at a depth of 250 m, spending almost the entire winter.With the arrival of spring crabs returned to his native coast to moult and subsequent reproduction.When fall comes, they again go into the depths.And so all the time.
estimated that one female king crab is able to postpone the breeding period to 300 thousand eggs!Like all crayfish, crabs are females of egg on their abdominal legs throughout the year.The nature of these wandering creatures depends on fluctuations in water temperature.From their places of permanent wintering they are moving to the shores of whole shoals: during this period under the sea move hundreds of thousands of long-legged king crabs.The spectacle, of course, amazing!
It is worth noting that during this period the female bear almost formed larvae.On the way to the coveted shoal last hatch from their eggs and starts independent swimming in the water.Their mother, meanwhile, continue their journey.Unfortunately, a lot of larvae do not survive to their "age" because they are a favorite prey of various marine animals.
general Kamchatka crabs - a slow-growing creatures at the same time crucial importance here is the water temperature.For example, in the warm waters of the American coast they grow and develop twice as fast.
crab - a valuable target species
natural lifespan crabs - 20 years, but many of them did not come so much to live.And all because of the constant hunt for them on the part of the person: king crab - the most valuable fisheries products, best-selling all over the world!When catching their preference for males who have a carapace length of 13 cm. Females do not usually catch.
crab claws are a delicacy.A particularly valuable and tasty his right claw, which focused more tender and nutritious meat.By the way, this crab meat is rich in all the essential vitamins, amino acids and minerals: zinc, protein, iodine and other substances have our body invaluable.Shell and the interior of these creatures are processed into a useful fertilizer.
These amazing creatures have long established themselves as gourmet seafood products, which is the main view of crabs in the domestic market.No wonder the king crab fishing is the most famous crustacean in the world.
Beware Poachers!The outstanding
king crabs and the high demand for them from consumers provoked the illegal trapping of these animals.Poachers are on the alert: the domestic market represented a lot of questionable quality crabs.This is poaching products.
Basically kraby- "illegals" come to us from the Barents Sea and the Far East catch poachers almost never comes to the European part of our country.All this leads to the fact that shellfish mass export to Japan.Employees Rospotrebnadzor not recommend eating such products, because God knows what quality a king crab.
price for the meat of these animals, and corresponds to its quality.For example, a kilo of king crab knee will cost about 1,300 rubles, and the second phalanx of the kilogram - about 1700 rubles.For the whole crab, say, weighing 5 kg, will have to pay about 10 000 rubles.That is expensive!And it is no accident.
As mentioned above, the crab meat - an indispensable source of all needed by the body trace elements, vitamins, and, of course, minerals.Doctors recommend eating as many dishes made from this animal.This increases visual acuity, improve the body's cardiovascular diseases and anemia.
